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 | | Mr Ahsanullah Gondal, a former SSP of Nawabshah City, said while recording his statement before a judicial magistrate in the plane hijacking case, that the then IG, Mr Rana Maqbool, had ordered him to arrest the army chief as soon as the PIA plane landed at the Nawabshah airport. |
 | | He said when the Chief Operation Officer at the Karachi air control informed that the pilot of the plane was asking for permission to land due to shortage of fuel, the DG, CAA, emphasised: "It is an order of the Prime Minister not to allow the plane to land anywhere in Pakistan". |
 | | Later, when the DG was told of the gravity of the situation, he allowed the plane to land at Nawabshah, 200 km north of Karachi which is considered an alternative airport to the port city. |
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